NODDY is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. NODDY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept NODDY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful NODDY is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for NODDY
No single letter turns NODDY into another word.
How NODDY scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in NODDY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| n | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| d | 2 | 4 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 130,708.
What does NODDY mean in Scrabble?
noun
zoologyarchaic
A tropical seabird of the tern family, genus Anous, known for showing little fear of people; also, an old-fashioned word for a foolish or simple person.
On the water, a noddy is a dark-plumaged tern found across warm oceans, named partly for its habit of nodding its head and partly for its surprising lack of caution around sailors and fishermen, who could sometimes catch one by hand. Long before the bird gave the word its modern meaning, noddy already meant a simpleton, a sense that survives mainly in older literature. The two meanings share nothing but a name, yet both point to the same idea of an easy, unwary target.
How NODDY is used
The bird sense is standard in ornithology; the sense meaning a fool is archaic and rarely used today.
- A brown noddy landed on the ship's railing without any fear.
- Sailors once caught a resting noddy simply by reaching out a hand.
- The old play mocks its hero as a noddy for trusting a stranger.
- Fishermen watched a noddy circle the boat for scraps.
- Only a noddy would sign a contract without reading it, the old saying went.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of NODDY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words ending in NODDY
1 words end in NODDY. Useful as a back hook: play NODDY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in NODDY
Common questions about NODDY
- Is NODDY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts NODDY, where it scores 10 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is NODDY worth?
- NODDY is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
- What does NODDY mean?
- A tropical seabird of the tern family, genus Anous, known for showing little fear of people; also, an old-fashioned word for a foolish or simple person.
- What letters can be added to NODDY?
- No single letter can be added to NODDY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of NODDY:
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